Kamashara, Kāmaśara, Kama-shara: 9 definitions

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Kamashara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Kāmaśara can be transliterated into English as Kamasara or Kamashara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

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Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Kāmaśara (कामशर) refers to “Cupid’s arrow” (a kind of incense) and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 18.6 and 21.37.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Kāmaśara (कामशर) is the name of the Cremation Ground (śmaśāna) associated with the sacred seat of Kāmarūpa, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kamashara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāmaśara (कामशर).—

1) a love shaft.

2) the mango tree.

Kāmaśara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāma and śara (शर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāmaśara (कामशर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. The shaft of Kamadeva. 2. The mango. E. kāma, and śara an arrow.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Kāmasāra (कामसार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—erotic by Kāmadeva (?). Peters. 6 p. 25.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kāmaśara (कामशर):—[=kāma-śara] [from kāma] m. ‘love’s shaft’, an arrow of the god of love, [Pañcatantra]

2) [v.s. ...] the mango tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāmaśara (कामशर):—[kāma-śara] (raḥ) 1. m. Arrow of love; shaft of Cupid; the mango.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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